C5 Golfer Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Check out these speedometers from 2006 Bonneville - purest motorsport in the world. 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird - 438 cu in Hemi -- 192.185 MPH 1973 Oldsmobile Omega (Chevy II with Olds Badge)433 cu in Chevy V8 189.425 MPH 1999 Geo Metro with a 1 liter 3 cylinder 94.94 MPH - not bad for 3 cylinder 1988 Pontiac Firebird 0 437 cu in Chevy V-8 234.547 MPH 1971 Chevy Camaro 496 cu in Chevy V-8 247.148 MPH 1984 Pontiac Fiero (Remember those ?? ) 467 cu in Chevy V-8 263.881 MPH NOT BAD Chevrolet! looks like your motors are well respected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin A. Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 My god...with the short wheelbase on the Fiero I wouldn't want to do 100mph, nevermind 264! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maciek Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Bugati Veyron faster then a formula 1 race car 253MPH . . . 1000 HP You want to go over 300mph? Go get NHRA license as anybody can. Bugatti is called racing truck. It can go fast on straight, but it can't simply handle in bends. So no point in comparing it to very light F1 car that turns on dime at 80-100mph. BTW here they turbocharge BMW now to 2000 (two thousand) horsepower. that does not say it is anyhow practical, because handling this car cannot be performed by human (that is why F1 cars have superfast sequential transmission and NHRA Top Fuelers do not even allow person to interfer with clutch). I also am convienced that average person cannot handle properly more than only 200hp. So those who buy more powerful cars... go figure. Okay. Season has started. I am tired after first autocross. I was lucky to beat quite a few Subaru WRX's in my BMW 325 on my snow tires today No we do not have snow here in New Jersey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronG Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 How did I know that as soon as I saw a post by Maciek the conversation would turn to BMW?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 You want to go over 300mph? Go get NHRA license as anybody can. Bugatti is called racing truck. It can go fast on straight, but it can't simply handle in bends. So no point in comparing it to very light F1 car that turns on dime at 80-100mph.. It is no BMW but a motorcycle -- 350 MPH with a V-4 16 valves http://bub.com/Racing/Number-7-Streamliner/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik J Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 ....and there it is:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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